46625hjw1 Quotes & Sayings

And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a city or a nation, and rule it according to his or their private interest; which, because the laws in such cases are made according to the interest of a man, or of some few families, may be said to be the empire of men, and not of laws. — James Harrington

The more advanced the teacher, the better for you. The fifth degree black belt is so expert that they will understand that you're a beginner and throw you perfectly so that no harm will befall you. — Frederick Lenz

The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age like this one the function of the moralist is not to exhort men to be good but to elucidate what the good is. The problem of sanctions is secondary. — Walter Lippmann

Real You is all you have, and all other paths are false. And in the best case, Real You is so happy to finally be recognized, it rewards you with Originality. — Mary Karr

Tyrannies have long lists of rights. What they do not have is structural restraints on the power of government. — Antonin Scalia

I don't want to play everything. So I'll seek out roles that I'll say, 'This is edgy. This is fun. This is wicked. This suits me.' — Charlotte Rampling

Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion. — Sharon Salzberg

Can we simply address what it means to be human? What is available to us in this brief moment when the universe lifts up in the form of a human sentient body and being and we live out our seventy, eighty, or ninety years (if that) and then dissolve back into the undifferentiated ocean of potential? — Jon Kabat-Zinn

Trust arrives on foot but leaves in a Ferrari The Ferrari screeched out of the parking lot in 2008. — Mark Carney

Realization of a dream brings resentment in its wake. — Julian Fellowes

People are interested if you tell stories well and relevantly. — Christiane Amanpour

If you are renewed by grace, and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out of his company. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon